Poker for gas producers



E. H. WILSON.

POKER FOR GAS PRODUCERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-21, 1920.

Patented June 13, 1922.

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Q My f\ are 1 EDGAR I-I. WILSON, 0Y5 GI-IARTIEBS TOVJNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYL- VANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 TAYLOR-WILSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MG- KEES ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

POKER FOR GAS PRODUCERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Paiggniggdl Jung 13, 1%22,

Application filed. August 21, 1920. Serial No. 405,152.

T 0 all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. /VILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chartiers Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pokers for Gas Producers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates broadly to gas producers and more particularly to a distributing mechanism or poker for use in connection therewith.

. An important object of the present in vention is to provide a poker which is readily removable for repairs or other purposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved construction facilitating the cooling of the operating parts.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a construction which may be easily applied to standard producer installations.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for sealing the poker mechanism to prevent the escape of valuablegases from the interior of the producer.

A still further object is to provide a poker mechanism for gas producers which will not be affected by tar and heat.

The foregoing and other objects, together with their attendant advantages, will be apparent as the invention becomes better understood by reference to the accompanying specification and drawings forming a part thereof, it being premised that changes may be made in the various details and the mannor of operation, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

F igure 1 is a plan view of a producer having my improved poker applied thereto:

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the producer taken on the line 11-11 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view on. an

enlarged scale on the line TIL-I11 of F igure 1;

Figure 4c is a transverse sectional view on the line 1V-1V of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line V-V of Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is illustrated a producer body 2 which may be of any desired construction ported thereon is a bracket 8 preferably semi-circular in cross section and formed with reinforcing ribs 8. The bracket 8 is contracted towards its upper end to form a bearing 9 for rotatably receiving the upper end of the casing 10 having an enlarged lower end 11 engaging a sleeve 12 rotatably mounted in the opening 6. The exterior surface of the enlarged lower end of the casing 10 is preferably polygonal in section to co-operate with the similarly shaped interior surface of the sleeve 12, whereby a sliding driving fit between the casing and sleeve is procured. The sleeve 12 in turn carries a worm wheel 13 adapted to be driven by a worm 14 on shaft 15 which may be connected in any desired manner to a suitable source of power 16. Co-operating with the upper end of the bracket and completing the hearing 9 is a semi-circular clamp 1.7 secured to the bracket by suitable fastening means 18. Due to the sliding fit between the casing 10 and the sleeve 6, it will be apparent that upon removing the clamp 17 the entire casing with the parts carried thereby may be swung to the dotted line position illustrated in Figure 2 out of engagement with the bearing 9 and easily removed from the producer. This feature is highly advantageous as it permits the operating parts to be! rapidly assembled and disassembled as required.

Adjacent its upper end the casing 10 may be formed with a series of inwardly projecting ribs 19 adapted to engage slots 20 formed in a collar 21 which is splined to a hollow tubular poker 22 extending centrally through the casing 10 and provided with a lower bearing 23 therein. A portion of the poker 22 extending within the body of the producer is preferably formed at right angles to the main body thereof as indicated at 24, whereby it will engage and distribute fuel within the producer as it is rotated through the mechanism provided.

In order to adjust the poker to accommodate the same to differing fuel levels, it may be formed with a threaded upper end 25 engaging the threaded hub 26 of a hand wheel 27 suitably supported in the upper end of the casing 10 so as to be removable therewith.

It is essential with constructions of this nature that means be provided to prevent the escape of gases from the producer body. For this purpose the collar 21 may carry a downwardly projecting battle 2% overlapping a similarly constructed baffle 29 projecting upwardly from the lower bearing 23 of th poker. Extending centrally through the poker is a cold water pipe 30 adapted to discharge into the angular portion 24: from which the water passes through the poker to the overflow openings 31 formed therein above the collar 21. From this point the water passes downwardly around the collar 21, into the interior of the casing 10 forming a seal between the overlapping portions of the baffles 28 and 29, as will be readily understood. Th water level in the casing 10 is controlled by providing a second set of overflow openings 32 therein, from which the water passes downwardly over the exterior of the easing into a pocket 33 formed in the upper face of the worm wheel 13. Extend ing into this pocket is a dowiiwardly projecting flange 34 carried by a ring 35 suitably secured to the casing 10. This construction provides a second seal which prevents the escape of gases between the exterior bearing surface of the lower end 11 of the casing and the interior bearing surface of the sleeve 12. After filling the pocket 33 the water will flow downwardly over the gear into the cover 3 having upstanding flanges surrounding all of the openings formed therein. A suitable overflow for the cover may be provided for limiting the amount of water normally carried thereby. Carried by the lower face of the worm wheel 13 is -an annular plate 36 which extends downwardly into the body of water 37 in the cover to form another seal preventing the escape of gases around the exterior surface of the sleeve 12.

The advantages of the present invention arise from the construction permitting cooling, sealing and removal of all of the operating parts of the distributing or poker mechanism.

I claim:

1. A. poker for gas producers, comprising a casing having its lower end provided with a polygonal bearing surface, a sleeve slidably engaging said surface, a poker operatively secured to said casing, and means for rotating said sleeve to operate the poker, substantially as described.

2. A poker for gas producers, comprising a casing having its lower end provided with a polygonal bearing surface, a sleeve slidably engaging said surface, a poker operativcly secured to said casing, means for rotating said sleeve to operate the poker, and means for adjusting the position of said poker, substantially as described.

3. A poker for gas producers, comprising a casing having its lower end provided with a polygonal bearing surface, a sleeve slidably engaging saidsurface, a poker operatively secured to said casing, means for retating said sleev to operate the poker, and means for cooling the operating parts of said poker, substantially as described.

i. A poker for gas producers, comprising a sleeve rotatably carried by the producer, a casing having its lower end shaped to slidably engage said sleeve for rotation therewith, a poker carried by said casing, and means for rotating said sleeve to rotate the poker, substantially as described.

A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening formed therein, a sleeve eX- tending through said opening, a poker hav ing a sliding engagement with said sleeve, and means for rotating said sleeve to rotate the poker, substantially as described.

6. A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted in said opening, means for rotating said sleeve, a casing slidably and rotatably engaging said sleeve, a poker carried by said casing, and means connecting said poker and casing for rotating the same in unison, substantially as described.

7. A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted in said opening, means for rotating said sleeve, a bracket carried by said cover, a casing having its upper end supported by said bracket and. its lower end slidably engaged with said sleeve, and a poker rotatably secured'to said casing, substantially as described.

8. A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening therein, a sleeve rotatably mounted in said opening, means for rotating said sleeve, a bracket carried by said cover, a casing having its upper end supported'by said. bracket and its lower end slidably en gaged with said sleeve, a poker rotatably secured to said casing, and means for adjusting said poker, substantially as described.

9. A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening therein, a casing extending through said opening, means for rotating said casing, and a sectional bracket carried by said cover for removably supporting said casing, substantially as described.

10. A poker for gas producers, comprising a casing having a bearingformed on the lower end thereof, a second bearing formed adjacent the upper end thereof, a'poker eX- tending through said casing, means for securing said poker to said casing, baffles Within said casing and means for supplying a cooling fluid to said poker and causing the same to overflow around said baflies to form a seal, substantially as described.

11. A gas producer, comprising a cover, a semi-circular bracket supported thereby, a clamp secured to said bracket, said clamp and said bracket forming a bearing, a casing rotatably supported in said bearing, means for rotating said casing, and a poker rotatably secured to said casing, substantially as described.

12. A gas producer, comprising a cover, a semi-circular bracket supported thereby, a clamp secured to said bracket, said clamp and said bracket forming a bearing, a casing rotatably supported in said bearing, means for rotating said casing, a poker rotatably secured to said casing, and means for vertically adjusting said poker, substantially as described.

13. A gas producer, comprising a cover having an opening therein, a bracket carried by said cover and partially surrounding said opening, a clamp secured to said bracket, said clamp and bracket forming a bearing, a casing rotatably mounted in said bearing at its upper end and having its lower end extending through said opening in the producer cover, means for rotating said casing,

means for sealing said casing to prevent the escape of gases therethrough, and means for sealing said rotating means for preventing the escape of gases therearound, substantially as described.

14. A gas producer, comprising a cover, a rotatable sleeve carried thereby, a casing slidably engaging said sleeve at its lower end, means for detachably supporting said casing at its upper end, and a poker rotatably secured to said casing, substantially as described.

15. A gas producer, comprising a cover, a rotatable sleeve carried thereby, a casing slidably engaging said sleeve at its lower end, means for detachably supporting said casing at its upper end, a poker rotatably secured to said casing, and means for vertically adjusting said poker, substantially as described.

16. A gas producer, comprising a cover, a rotatable sleeve carried thereby, a casing slidably engaging said sleeve at its lower end, means for detachably supporting said casing at its upper end, a poker rotatably secured to said casing, and means for cooling said cover, casing and poker, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDGAR H. WILSON. 

